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  1. new graduate nurse...worried and scared!

    OreoCookie3 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi everyone! I wasn't exactly sure where to post this but I just graduated with my BSN in april! I would love to start off with an internship to help me transition into the position of a full-time RN....

  2. hyponatremia replacement

    OreoCookie3 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hi everyone, I have a question related to hyponatremia. I had a patient a few days ago who came in with hyponatremia and her sodium level was 116. They started her on fluids- 0.9% normal saline- and...

  3. hyponatremia question- please help!

    OreoCookie3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I have a question related to hyponatremia. I had a patient a few days ago who came in with hyponatremia and her sodium level was 116. They started her on fluids- 0.9% normal saline-...

  4. hyponatremia question- please help!

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Esme. My supervisors have told me that I am very thorough...I think sometimes overly so....All the more reason why I am beating myself up for not calling about

  5. hyponatremia question- please help!

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for your response, GrnTea. Is this considered an error? I feel terrible that something could have

  6. hyponatremia question- please help!

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your response, wish_me_luck! Sorry, I should have clarified! I am wondering if I was wrong to give the Tolvaptan (the med to increase the sodium level). I actually called the nephrologist...

  7. IV compatibility question

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Medications

    thank you, IVRUS. I appreciate your

  8. IV compatibility question

    OreoCookie3 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Hi everyone, Yesterday I had a patient who was on 3 IV antibiotics: zosyn, zyvox, and levaquin. We use micromedex to check compatibility so I found through there that zosyn and zyvox were compatible,...

  9. IV compatibility question?

    OreoCookie3 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Hi everyone, Yesterday I had a patient who was on 3 IV antibiotics: zosyn, zyvox, and levaquin. We use micromedex to check compatibility so I found through there that zosyn and zyvox were compatible,...

  10. IV compatibility question?

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Medications

    Thank you, I truly hope so. I know that someone else is now caring for the patient, I just worry that something will have happened to the patient because of me. It has been hard for me to think of...

  11. IV compatibility question?

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Medications

    Yes, you're right, I hadn't thought about that! I did not notice any crystallization, but would it usually happen immediately, and would the patient have a reaction immediately? Levaquin is yellow so...

  12. IV compatibility question?

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Medications

    Thank you for your response. Do you think I should be worried? I don't know, I am just stressed out about this and keep looking up things...It's hard for me to leave work at work but now I feel...

  13. feeling down :(

    OreoCookie3 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yesterday was a rough day for me...I'm a new nurse and have only been on my own for a few weeks. Yesterday was the first day I had 5 patients. I felt like I couldn't balance everything. It was going...

  14. feeling down :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Carol- Sorry again for the confusion lol! When we write phone orders or the doctors write orders in the chart, the chart is placed up on a rack at the front desk for the unit clerk to put in the...

  15. feeling down :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    kelrn215: Sorry I forgot to mention in my original post! I had called the doctor after he left and had written other orders, because the patient pulled out her iv's and was confused. She had a hx of...

  16. feeling down :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    :redpinkhe

  17. feeling down :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    kelRN215: Sorry I forgot to mention in my original post! I had called the doctor after he already left the floor and had written the other orders, because the patient pulled out her iv's and I was...

  18. feeling down :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thank you Caliotter, I truly appreciate your response and advice. I know I'm new and will make mistakes, I guess I just have a hard time letting go when I make them. I feel better that I called and...

  19. feeling down :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I spoke to the charge nurse to tell her that I thought I had forgotten to write the MRI order and she said she would put it in the chart. Oh boy, I still feel like an idiot and the worst nurse ever...

  20. Feeling scared...I just need to vent a little :(

    OreoCookie3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I just wanted to vent and was hoping anyone might have a few words of encouragement. I am a new nurse who is still on orientation with a preceptor. For the past few days I had a patient who was...

  21. Feeling scared...I just need to vent a little :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in General Nursing

    This is just one thing that I've always been afraid of, even before I became a nurse...this, and making mistakes are my greatest fears. I try to not think about it because the patients need somebody...

  22. Feeling scared...I just need to vent a little :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everyone for your responses. I will take them all to heart and be sure to double-glove and wear eye-shields or goggles as necessary. Most of the time it was actually not a flush, just...

  23. Stuck on which internship to choose?

    OreoCookie3 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi all :)! How has everyone's day been? I recently passed the NCLEX and had an interview with HR today for a Nursing Internship program with the hospital system by where I live. The woman I...

  24. Stuck on which internship to choose?

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you so much for your reply. I had the two interviews today with the orthopedic and cardiac units and should find out by tomorrow if I am offered either of the positions. I did see if I could...

  25. new graduate nurse...worried and scared!

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks everyone, I appreciate your responses :)! I have an NCLEX date- for June 25th! I hope more options open up once I have passed, and I am just trying to stay positive and hope that I will find...